18. Duas extremas Opiniones esse vitandas: primam illorum qui Creatoris odio a Nuptiis abstinent; alteram illorum qui hinc occasionem arripiunt nefariis libidinibus indulgendi, 135 BOOK IV. 1. Order of Contents, 139 2. The meaning of the name Stromata [Miscellanies], 140 3. The true Excellence of Man, 142 4. The Praises of Martyrdom, 145 5. On Contempt for Pain, Poverty, and other external things, 148 6. Some points in the Beatitudes, 150 7. The Blessedness of the Martyr, 158 8. Women as well as Men, Slaves as well as Freemen, Candidates for the Martyr’s Crown, 165 9. Christ’s Sayings respecting Martyrdom, 170 10. Those who offered themselves for Martyrdom reproved, 173 11. The objection, Why do you suffer if God cares for you, answered, 174 12. Basilides’ idea of Martyrdom refuted, 175 13. Valentinian’s Vagaries about the Abolition of Death refuted, 179 14. The Love of All, even of our Enemies, 182 15. On avoiding Offence, 183 16. Passages of Scripture respecting the Constancy, Patience, and Love of the Martyrs, 184 17. Passages from Clement’s Epistle to the Corinthians on Martyrdom, 187 18. On Love, and the repressing of our Desires, 190 19. Women as well as Men capable of Perfection, 193 20. A Good Wife, 196 21. Description of the Perfect Man, or Gnostic, 199 22. The true Gnostic does Good, not from fear of Punishment or hope of Reward, but only for the sake of Good itself, 202 23. The same subject continued, 207 24. The reason and end of Divine Punishments, 210 25. True Perfection consists in the Knowledge and Love of God, 212 26. How the Perfect Man treats the Body and the Things of the World, 215 BOOK V. 1. On Faith, 220 2. On Hope, 228 3. The objects of Faith and Hope perceived by the Mind alone, 229